Posted on 03/15/2012 10:48:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
PALMS (CBS) — A Westside [LOS ANGELES]woman was found dead on Thursday after she apparently killed herself by using a chainsaw, police said.
The victim was found about 12:40 a.m. by her sister in the bedroom of her townhome in the 3600 block of Keystone Avenue near Overland Avenue in Palms, said Sgt. Richard Parks of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Station.
The unidentified 47-year-old woman was discovered with a chainsaw wound on her neck, Parks said.
“At this point, we’re investigating it as a suicide, as she left a suicide note,” he added.
Initial reports claimed the victim was found with the chainsaw tied her neck, but Parks said those reports were inaccurate.
Brady Group studies indicate that in households with chainsaws, the chainsaw is 41% more likely to be used to commit suicide than to dismember an intruder.
Chainsaw control now. For the children!
Naw...I saw the aftermath of one of those. It’ll give you bad dreams.
It would have made an enormous mess of things. Blood and meatchunks all over the walls and ceiling. I wonder if that wasn’t the point, and the reason she chose such a bizarre method: She wanted to traumatize the person who would find her body, with the most horrific scene possible.
Or as my friend in construction says, "I cut this board three times and it's still too short".
Beat me to it. That happy smiley picture of him just didn't fit that story.
Why stop at a razorblade to the wrist when a chainsaw to the neck would do a better job. Some people can't get enough attention even in death.
No kidding. If it was an apartment they are now refering to it as the meat locker.
About 25 years ago in Phoenix, a guy killed himself in a similar manner with a circular saw in a pawnshop.
Last words: “Ya got someplace I can plug this in to make sure it works?”.
A real drama queen
That had to be real messy.
That had to be real messy.
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